Benefit corporations differ from traditional corporations in three main ways. The main purpose is to benefit the , so directors must consider the impact of their decisions on society and the . Shareholders have an additional right of private action, called a , that allows them to sue the corporation for failure to pursue the purpose. Finally, benefit corporations must issue an annual on its performance and include a third-party standard of assessment.

Fill in the blanks with words that would best complete the passage.

1. public
2. environment
3. benefit enforcement proceeding
4. financial statement
5. benefit report
6. shareholders
7. IRS
8. derivative suit

David consumes two things: gasoline (g) and bread (b). david's utility function is u(g, b) = 10g^0.25 b^0.75. use the lagrange technique to solve for david's optimal choices of gasoline and bread as a function of the price of gasoline, p_g, the price of bread, p_b, and his income m. with recent decrease in the price of gasoline (maybe due to external shock such as shale gas production) does david increase his consumption of gasoline? for david, how does partial differential g/partial differential p_g depend on his income m? that is, how does david's change in gasoline consumption due to an increase in the price of gasoline depend on his income level? to answer these questions, find the cross-partial derivative, |partial differential^2 g/partial differential m partial differential p_g.